Brush-handle.



No. 682,264. Patented Sept. l0, [90L 0. J. McCUBD.

BRUSH HANDLE.

pplication filed Dec. 1, 1900 km a wyaw Darren ans Paar FF CHARLES J.MCGORD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO MARTIN M.MULLHALL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BRUSH-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,264, datedSeptember 10, 1901.

Application filed December 1, 1900. Serial No. 38.357. (No model.)

To (@ZZ whom it may concern.- are secured in position upon thebrush-back Be it known that I, CHARLES J. MCGORD, by screws 6, whichpass through the perfoa citizen of the United States, residing at ratedears and into the back 1, as shown in Grand Rapids, in the county ofItasca and Fig. 1. The brush-back is provided adjacent State ofMinnesota, have invented new and to each of its ends and centrally ofits width useful Improvements in Brush-Handles, of with screw-eyes 7,adapted to be engaged by which the following is a specification. thehooks 8 of a securing-bail 9, said bail con- Myinvention relates tohandles for brushes sisting of a single piece of wire bent centrally ormops; and its object is to provide a deto form diverging arms, and eachof said arms 60 to tachable handle for articles of this character isformed, preferably, about midway of its which may be readily attached ordetached length with a coil 10. These coils constitute from the brush ormop head and to provide springs and permit a limited yielding movemeansfor tightening or tensioning the fasment of the arms of the bails in alongituditoning devices of the handle, so that a secure nal direction. 5l5 engagement of the handle with the brush or 11 designatesabrush or mophandle squared mop head will be insured. at its lower end to fit eitherof the sockets 2 The invention consists in the combination, and 3 andformed with a suitable transverse with a brush or mop head, of a socketsecured opening to receive the pin 12, projecting from thereto, a handleadapted to fit said socket, a block or bracket 13, formed with athreaded 70 and a securing-bail adapted to be detachably opening 14.

secured to the back or head of the brush and 15 designates atension-screw formed at its provided with improved securing and tenlowerend with a hook 16, which engages the sioning devices. upper end of thebail 9. This screw 15 ex- The construction of the improvement will tendsthrough the threaded opening in the 75 be fully described hereinafter inconnection block or bracket 13 and is secured therein with theaccompanying drawings, which form adjustably by means of a butterfly-nut17. a part of this specification, and its novel fea- To secure thehandle to the brush, the lower tures will be defined in the appendedclaims. end of the handle is first inserted in one or In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view in perthe other of the sockets 2 and 3, after which80 3o spective of a brush and a portion of the hanthe hooks 8 of thebail are hooked into the dlethereof provided with myimprovements.screw-eyes 7, and the bent or upper end of Fig. 2 is a plan view of amodified embodithe bail is slipped over the hook 16 of the ment of theinvention applied to a mop head screw, and the nut 17 is then turned tofirmly and handle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of brace the brush tothe handle. The con- 85 the block or bracket secured to thebrushstruction of the block or bracket 13, with its handle to supportthe tensioning device. Fig. integral pin 12, provides a strong anddurable 4 is a rear elevation of one end of the mopsupport for thetension-screw and avoids the head shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is atransemployment of screws forsecuringthebracket verse section of themop-head. to the brush-handle. By employing two in- 0 Thereference-numeral 1 designates the dependent sockets 2 and 3 it will beapparent back of a brush, having secured thereto two that in case ofdamage or breakage to one of oppositely-disposed sockets2 and 3, eachcomsaid brackets the same may be renewed withprising a hollow casting ofrectangular form out disturbing the other. in cross-section and beveledon its under side In Figs. 2, 4E, and 5 I have shown a mop- 5 to fit thesurface of the brush-back and give head 20 of concavo-convex form incross-secthe required inclination to the socket. Each tion and having anintegral socket 21 to reof the sockets 2 and 3 is formed with oppoceivethe handle 11. Each end of the mop sitely-disposed perforated ears 4,extending head is formed with a notch or recess 22. from the sides ofthe sockets and with a per- In connection with the mop-head 20 I emmeforated ear 5, projecting from the lower edge ploy a modifiedconstruction of the bail 9, of the front wall of the socket. The sockets(shown in Fig. 1,) the difference being that the ends of the bail arebent inward toward each other to form arms 23 and 24, provided withinterlocking hooks 25. The arms 23 and 24: overlap the concave surfaceof the mophead to securethe mop thereto, and the bends 26 of the arms ofthe bail rest within the notched ends of the mop-head, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. The bail-arms in the construction shown in Fig. 2 are formedwith the coils 10, and the securing and tensioning means for the bail,comprising the bracket 13, screw 15, and nut 17, are the same as thoseshown in Fig. 1.

A distinguishing characteristic of the improvement is that thefastening-bail, by reason of the form of the coil-springs 10 therein,are rendered sufficiently elastic or yielding to avoid undue strain uponthe screw-eyes 7 and while alfording a secure attaching and bracingmeans for the brush-head avoids the jar and strain incident to the useof a rigid unyielding securing-bail.

1. The combination ofa head provided with a socket, a handle having atransverse opening, a bail secured to said head having its sides formedwith integral coils, a block having a pin formed with a threaded openingand extending through the transverse opening in the handle, a screwextending through said threaded opening and formed at its lower end witha hook engaging the bail, and a nut for adjusting said screw.

2. The combination with a head provided with a socket; of a baildetachably secured thereto, and formed with coils and having its endsbent inward under the head and formed with hooks; a handle fitting thesocket; and means carried by the handle for securing and tensioning thebail.

3. The combination with a head of concaveconvex form in cross-sectionnotched or recessed at its ends, and having a projecting socket; of abail havingits ends bent inward and formed with hooks, a handle fittingsaid socket; and means carried by said bail for securing and tensioningthe bail.

at. The combination witha head of concavoconvex form in cross-section,notched or recessed at its ends and having a projecting socket, of ahandle fitting said socket; a bail comprising a single piece of wirebent centrally to form diverging arms having integral coils and thenbent inward to form arms which are provided with hooks at their ends;and means for securing the bail to the handle and tensioning said bailcomprising a bracket projecting from the handle and formed with athreaded opening; a screw extending through said opening and providedwith a hook at its lower end for engaging the bail; and a nut foradjusting said screw.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. MCCORD. lVitnesses:

F. O. MOCLEARY, M. L. ADAMS.

